The once-handsome Majestic Building at 209 16th Street in downtown Denver was constructed in 1894-1896.

It was designed by Frank E. Edbrooke, the architect responsible for the Brown Palace Hotel, the Cosmopolitan Hotel, the Tabor Grand Opera House, Denver Dry Goods and many other early Denver buildings.

The Majestic was the home of Colorado State Bank from 1908 until 1971 when the bank moved across the street to 1600 Broadway.

The Earnest Drug Store operated on its ground floor for 52 years before closing in 1970.

The iron-framed building of cream colored granite and deep red brick was demolished in 1977 by owner Oxford-Anschutz Development Co. One of the Denver World Trade Center buildings sits on its site.

[media-credit name=”Courtesy of the Denver Public Library Western History Department” align=”aligncenter” width=”450″][/media-credit] The Majestic Building at 16th Street and Broadway in downtown Denver taken between 1913 and 1918. To the left, the Daniels & Fisher Tower can be seen at the end of 16th. The building on the far right with smoke billowing out its stack is the Brown Palace.

[media-credit id=471 align=”aligncenter” width=”495″][/media-credit] View of where the Majestic used to be. The Denver World Trade Center complex is there now. The Brown Palace is on the far right and the 16th Street Mall on the left.